... by the father of this terrorist. Nagging ordinary citizens and letting go actual terrorists - what the f**k is going on?

Hey, I used to be the kid that learned everything by himself and taught my parents how computers and programs work.
Microsoft, the nanny company?

... everybody else is pretty much closed. So, if I stay with Google, my data is ready to leave, but I can't go anywhere else because it would get closed. I wonder if Google would be still so open with their products if the competition wasn't so dumb enough to screw their customers over and over again.

...ForkSQL, the new MySQL.

... LHC also broke the record for working for the longest uninterrupted time.

...can be one of the most effective advertising.

"Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." Thomas Edison
I think that the 99% percent is often the problem with these projects. You come up with something, make a proof of concept, but it takes a lot more work to perfect it.

That was my first thought about this news. It's actually useless to MS as well to others except for export/import applications. But MS gains publicity about openness. On the other hand, AFAIK ISO standards actually work on this principle, but we couldn't say that in the case of Office Open XML

I agree, Wave seems to be the only one who actually openly tries to solve deficiencies of email and converge all e-communication to one service. That's why I'm looking forward to it.

It also implicitly implies: "No matter how our products are nauseating to you, you'll still have to buy it. BWAHAHAHAHHA!!!!"

Mod this parent into orbit for the whole world to see.

... u r doin it wrong.

I second that. Firefox started the browser war, but now it seems to follow the others rather than raising the bar.

There, fixed it for you.

The more the internet is popular, the more idiots and internet analfabets join the global network, the more will internet look like Wild West. A lot of people don't know the basic security measures and practice for safely living on the web. For example, a local shop got their only web-connected computer infected with Conficker and God-knows-whatnot. They use it for browsing the web and interaction with the bank. Besides that, they use it for printing the customer pictures inserting the customer USB keys into it. The AV can't update itself, WinXP limps, but it still works. I warned them I should fix their computer ASAP because it threatens their banking account, prolly infects customers USB key etc... They agreed with me, but they really can't afford the downtime eventhough I promised them I would make sure the downtime would be minimal. After two months the owner still didn't contact me, although he's 3 meters away from where I work. I would ban the access to the internet for that kind of people if you ask me.